Well it's nearly all over now!

 

What a lovely summer we have had this year, lots of glorious sunny weather with lazy hazy days to have a great time out and about. Hopefully you and your families have taken advantage and had a great time.

But it’s not over yet, our local wellbeing providers are arranging Pontyclun’s first ever Wellbeing Day on September 5^th with activities spread across Pontyclun park, The Meeting place and various studios.

We hope this will be a great event with lots of people coming and become one of our calendar highlights for the future. Just search online for more details

It was good to see Pontyclun in the national news again this year, this time in relation to the public response to a planning application for a data centre at Mwyndy. Irrespective of your views on data centres, it was really pleasing that so many residents were engaged in this process and had such strong feelings about the area.

September is when our sports clubs start up their seasons again (or finish in the case of our Cricket clubs) and Pontyclun has a rich history of punching above its weight.

The Town Council will shortly be unveiling 2 blue plaques in memory of some of our sporting heroes.

Tommy Rees (1904-1968) – Tommy, born in Pontyclun started his Rugby career at Pontyclun RFC before going on to play for Wales. He moved to Rugby league playing over 400 times for Oldham and winning a Great Britain cap in 1929. After he finished playing, he became a first-class Rugby league referee.

Enoch Jenkins (1892-1984) – Enoch was born in Miskin and competed as a sports shooter at 3 Olympic games 1920, 1924 and 1952 giving him a tremendous 30 years at the top of his sport. During that time, he had many career wins at home and internationally including a score of 99/100 at the 1948 Home nations championship.

Let’s hope that some of our current players reach the heights that these two reached in the past.

Now that the autumn is approaching, we are starting to think ahead towards Fireworks at Pontyclun RFC, our Remembrance commemorations in Groesfaen, Miskin and Pontyclun in November and then later the Christmas festivities across Pontyclun. We will keep you updated with dates/times as they are announced.